2001 Oceania Club Championship

The 2001 Oceania Club Championships was held in January 2001. The tournament was designed to decide the Oceania Football Confederation's entrant into the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship; however that Club World Championship tournament was cancelled by FIFA. The competition was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, with all matches held at the Lloyd Robson Stadium. The tournament was won by Australian club Wollongong Wolves.

2001 Oceania Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates9 – 22 January 2001
Teams11 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAustralia Wollongong Wolves (1st title)
Runners-upVanuatu Tafea
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored160 (5.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sasho Petrovski 13 goals

Participants
Location of teams of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship.

A total of 11 teams from 11 OFC member associations entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
American Samoa American Samoa PanSa 2000 ASFA Soccer League champion
Australia Australia Wollongong Wolves 1999–2000 Australian National Soccer League champion
Cook Islands Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 1999–2000 Cook Islands Cup winners
Fiji Fiji Foodtown Warriors Labasa 2000 Fiji National Football League champion
New Zealand New Zealand Napier City Rovers 2000 New Zealand National Soccer League champion
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Unitech 2000 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship Champion
Samoa Samoa Titavi 2000 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Laugu United 2000 Honiara FA League champion
French Polynesia Tahiti Vénus 1999–2000 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Tonga Tonga Lotoha'apai 2000 Tonga Club Championship champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Tafea 2000 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Group stage

The eleven participants were placed in two groups, where each team played the other teams once. The group winners and second placed teams progressed to the semi-finals.

Results
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia Wollongong Wolves 5 5 0 0 38 0 +38 15
New Zealand Napier City Rovers 5 3 1 1 16 2 +14 10
Solomon Islands Laugu United 5 3 1 1 19 14 +5 10
Papua New Guinea Unitech 5 2 0 3 10 19 −9 6
Fiji Foodtown Warriors Labasa 5 1 0 4 7 17 −10 3
Tonga Lotoha'apai 5 0 0 5 4 42 −38 0
Source:

Match schedule
Lotoha'apai0–16Wollongong Wolves
Foodtown Warriors Labasa1–3Laugu United
Unitech0–2Napier City Rovers
Napier City Rovers1–1Laugu United
Unitech5–2Lotoha'pai
Wollongong Wolves5–0Foodtown Warriors Labasa
Foodtown Warriors Labasa1–3Unitech
Lotoha'apai0–9Napier City Rovers
Laugu United0–10Wollongong Wolves
Foodtown Warriors Labasa0–4Napier City Rovers
Wollongong Wolves6–0Unitech
Laugu United7–0Lotoha'apai
Unitech2–8Laugu United
Lotoha'apai2–5Foodtown Warriors
Napier City Rovers0–1Wollongong Wolves

Results
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vanuatu Tafea FC 4 4 0 0 22 1 +21 12
French Polynesia AS Vénus 4 3 0 1 18 7 +11 9
Samoa Titavi 4 2 0 2 5 11 −6 6
Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 4 1 0 3 3 21 −18 3
American Samoa PanSa East FC 4 0 0 4 0 8 −8 0
Source:

Match schedule
VénusAwarded 2–0
(orig 1–1)		PanSa
Tafea5–1Titavi
Titavi0–6Vénus
PanSaAwarded 0–2
(orig 4–0)		Tupapa
TafeaAwarded 2–0PanSa
Vénus10–1Tupapa
Tupapa0–9Tafea
PanSaAwarded 0–2Titavi
Titavi2–0Tupapa
Tafea6–0Vénus

Note: The OFC disciplinary committee ruled that 7 of PanSa's 18 players were not registered according to international transfer rules, some of which had been fielded in their first two matches. The first two matches were thus awarded 2–0 to the opposition, whilst PanSa were unable to field a team in the 3rd match (which was not played, and subsequently awarded 2–0 to Tafea). PanSa then withdrew from the competition, causing their fourth match to be awarded 2–0 to Titavi.

Knockout stage

Semi finals

The top two teams from each group progressed to the semifinals.

Wollongong Wolves Australia4–2French Polynesia Vénus
Report
Referee: S Maidan Singapore
Tafea Vanuatu4–2New Zealand Napier City Rovers
Richard Iwai 36', 89'
Etienne Mermer 60'
Haitong 88'		 Report Chris McIvor 45'
Rupert Ryan 90'
Attendance: ?
Referee: S M Salle Malaysia

Third Place Playoff
Vénus French Polynesia2–3New Zealand Napier City Rovers
Soren Jacobsen 44'
Jacques Ilengo 74'		 Report Rupert Ryan 11'
Martin Akers 23'
David Gearey 86'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Final
Wollongong Wolves Australia1–0Vanuatu Tafea
Scott Chipperfield 62' Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: ?

Champion
FIFA Oceania Club Championship 2001 Winners
Australia
Wollongong Wolves
First title

Wollongong Wolves are the 2001 Oceania Club Champions and qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship. However, the Club World Championships were cancelled that year.

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